RHB Blog

This week the Globe and Mail newspaper featured a wonderful article by a Globe reporter and photographer as they traced Mao Zedong's famous "Long March" through China. A few years back, when I was lecturing in Hong Kong, one local citizen advised me "many of our citizens are in 2nd gear." [external reward] She explained that dress and [...]

Last week I had the opportunity to visit one of my very favorite cities.  New York always seems full of an energy declaring that all things are possible if you are willing to work hard and be persistent.  I spent some of my time there people-watching, connecting with some old friends and visiting museums. I was wandering [...]

Have you ever asked someone for their opinion? And watched a shocked look come over their face? This week I had a coffee with Roger Eacock. Roger is one of those stereotype-busting individuals from the 1%. He has been president of a few firms, but he doesn't seem arrogant. He also volunteers to speak on [...]

A while back, I had the opportunity to speak to a group of CEOs at a TEC Canada chapter in Toronto. You don't generally get to the C-suite without being intelligent, driven and (at least somewhat) able to manager others. But there is a 4th element of what I term being a good guy or [...]

Mike is a sales manager of a very large US manufacturing company. His company hired me in 2011 for a full-day RHB workshop on sales, networking and leadership skills. I had checked in with Mike last week to see what he had retained after a year. He'd sent me back an email: Dave – Your [...]

Canada celebrates Remembrance day on November 11. Every year I edit and re-post my "What I fight" blog. Given the media-declared "battlefield" of the Presidential Election race and the win-at-all-costs partisanship that is upsetting many Americans, I think this post is timely. During the Obama/Romney debates, much attention was focused on when and how often [...]

Time Sensitive: Submit before Dec 1, 2012 The Real Human Being philosophy is a language of likeability that allows us to break through self-imposed barriers and achieve personal and business success. Companies, associations, and non-profits use RHB to create corporate culture, knock down internal silos, create employee engagement and increase sales through word of mouth [...]

6 years ago I heard Herb Cohen speak live in Toronto. His signature phrase on negotiation skills is "you gotta care, really care…but not that much." That we should negotiate like we would play a board game. Let's examine his negotiation advice under the RHB Philosophy. 1st gear – narrow self interest 2nd gear – [...]

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